The Pope on His World Tour Spoke About Climate Change

For the first time the Pope stated “We have a responsibility to our earth” This is the first time that the Catholic Church has spoken in favor of taking steps to protect our earth.

Addressing a crowd of nearly 15,000 on the south lawn, pope invokes Martin Luther King Jr in speaking of the moral need to protect our ‘common home’

Pope Francis addressed one of the thorniest issues in American politics on Wednesday with a White House speech explicitly supporting Barack Obama’s plan to cut carbon emissions and chastising climate change deniers for failing in their duty to protect our “common home”.